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WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DES DOUANES
Established in 1952 as the Customs Co-operation Council
Créée en 1952 sous le nom de Conseil de coopération douanière
HARMONIZED SYSTEM
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COMMITTEE
- O. Eng.
39 th Session
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Brussels, 23 January 2007.
DRAFT AGENDA FOR THE 39 TH SESSION
OF THE HARMONIZED SYSTEM COMMITTEE
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From : Monday, 19 March 2007 (11.00 a.m.)
To : Friday, 30 March 2007
N.B.
: Wednesday, 14 March 2007 (15.00 a.m.) to Friday, 16 March 2007 : Presessional
Working Party (to examine the questions under Agenda Item VII)
Monday, 19 March 2007 (9.30 a.m. – 10.30 a.m.) : Adoption of the Report of the
34 th Session of the Review Sub-Committee
I. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
1. Draft Agenda ................................................................................ NC1124E1a
2. Draft Timetable ............................................................................ NC1125B1a
II. REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT
1. Position regarding Contracting Parties to the HS Convention and
related matters .............................................................................
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2. Report on the last meeting of the Policy Commission
(56 th Session) ............................................................................... NC1128E1a
3. Approval of decisions taken by the Harmonized System
Committee at its 38 th Session .......................................................
4. Capacity building activities of the Nomenclature and
Classification Sub-Directorate ......................................................
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5. Co-operation with other international organisations ...................... NC1130E1a
6. New information provided on the WCO Web site ......................... NC1131E1a
7. Publication of WCO documents on the Web site for the public ..... NC1132E1a
8. Possible invitation of non-WCO Members to become HS
Contracting Parties ......................................................................
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9. Other ...........................................................................................
III. GENERAL QUESTIONS
1. Possible amendment of Article 8 of the HS Convention with a
view to removing the Council from its purely administrative role
with regard to HS reservations, and to making the fast-track
procedure the default reservation procedure ................................
2. Possible separate publication of surveys on FTAs and Customs
duties on the WCO Web site for the public ...................................
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IV. RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Draft Recommendation of the Customs Co-operation Council on
the insertion in national statistical nomenclatures of subheadings
for substances controlled under the Convention on the
Prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use
of Chemical Weapons and on their destruction ...........................
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V. REPORT OF THE SCIENTIFIC SUB-COMMITTEE
1. Report of the 22 nd Session of the Scientific Sub-Committee ......... NS0145E1a
2. Matters for decision ...................................................................... NC1136E1a
VI. REPORT OF THE REVIEW SUB-COMMITTEE
1. Report of the 34 th Session of the Review Sub-Committee ............ NR0668E1b
2. Matters for decision ...................................................................... NC1137E1a
3. Possible amendment of the Subheading Explanatory Note to
heading 42.02 ...........................................................................
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VII. REPORT OF THE PRESESSIONAL WORKING PARTY
1. Amendments to the Compendium of Classification Opinions to
reflect the separate classification of tea and a ceramic container .
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2. Amendments to the Compendium of Classification Opinions to
reflect the classification of water pipe tobacco in subheading
2403.10 ........................................................................................ NC1139E1a
Annex B
3. Amendments to the Compendium of Classification Opinions to
reflect the classification of pradefovir in subheading 2934.99 and
possible amendment to the Explanatory Note ..............................
4. Amendments to the Compendium of Classification Opinions to
reflect the classification of ADMUL DATEM 1954 and Multec
Data 2520 S in subheading 3824.90 ............................................
5. Amendments to the Compendium of Classification Opinions to
reflect the classification of a heat expandable mineral wool mat
by the name “3M INTERAM TM 100HD” in subheading 6806.90 ....
6. Amendments to the Compendium of Classification Opinions to
reflect the classification of thin, lightweight disposable aluminium
containers in subheading 7615.19 ...............................................
7. Amendments to the Compendium of Classification Opinions to
reflect the classification of an indoor unit presented separately in
subheading 8415.90 ....................................................................
8. Amendments to the Compendium of Classification Opinions and
to the Explanatory Note to reflect the classification of a twowheeled
vehicle in subheading 8711.90 .......................................
9. Amendments to the Compendium of Classification Opinions to
reflect the classification of tubes with reagents and without
reagents in subheading 9018.39 ..................................................
10. Amendments to the Compendium of Classification Opinions to
reflect the classification of a set consisting of a table and two
chairs in subheading 9403.60 ......................................................
11. Possible amendment of the Explanatory Note with respect to
optical discs of a kind used solely with a game machine of
heading 95.04 ..............................................................................
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Annex C
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Annex D
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Annex E
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Annex F
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Annex G
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Annex H
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Annex IJ
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Annex K
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Annex L
VIII. FURTHER STUDIES
1. Classification of certain non-wovens (Reservation by Canada) .... NC1165E1a
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2. Study on the application of the set rule ........................................ NC1140E1a
3. Possible amendment of the Explanatory Notes to Chapter 2 ....... NC1141E1a
4. Classification of milk proteins ....................................................... NC1142E1a
5. Possible amendment of the General Explanatory Note to Chapter
12 ................................................................................................ NC1143E1a
6. Classification of sets of spices, oil and vinegar (Request from
Norway) .......................................................................................
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7. Scope of headings 22.06 and 22.08 ............................................. NC1145E1a
8. Possible amendment of the Explanatory Notes or of the legal
provisions to clarify the distinction between headings 21.06 and
38.24 ........................................................................................... NC1146E1a
9. Classification of products containing more than 99.2 % of sodium
sulphate and more than 98.5 % of sodium sulphate, respectively
(Reservation by Russia) ...............................................................
10. Possible amendment of the Explanatory Notes to headings 28.23
and 32.06 .....................................................................................
11. Possible amendment of the Explanatory Notes with respect to
mercury compounds ....................................................................
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and A/6
(SSC/22)
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Annex A/9
(SSC/22)
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Annex A/11
(SSC/22)
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12. Classification of ivermectin (INN) and similar products ................. NC1150E1a
13. Study on the scope of Note 2 to Chapter 30 and of subheading
3002.10 ........................................................................................ NS0145E1a,
Annex A/7
(SSC/22)
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14. Possible amendment of the Subheading Explanatory Note to
subheading 4101.20 ....................................................................
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15. Classification of lamp posts (Request from Madagascar) ............. NC1153E1a
16. Possible amendment of the General Explanatory Note to Chapter
84 (Proposal by Australia) ............................................................ NC1154E1a
17. Possible amendment of the Explanatory Note to heading 84.24 .. NC1155E1a
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18. Classification of radio equipment (Classification Opinion
8525.20/1 (HS 2002)) .................................................................. NC1156E1a
19. Possible amendment of the Explanatory Notes to Chapter 87 ..... NC1157E1a
IX. NEW QUESTIONS
1. Classification of Beta Gripe water ................................................ NC1158E1a
2. Possible amendment of the General Explanatory Notes to
Chapter 85 and Section XVII, and of the Explanatory Notes to
headings 85.19, 85.36, 85.43 and 87.08 (editorial errors) ............
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3. Possible amendment of the Explanatory Note to heading 85.09 .. NC1160E1a
4. Classification of electronic waste ................................................. NC1161E1a
5. Possible amendment of the Explanatory Note to heading 96.05
(Proposal by the EC) ....................................................................
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6. Classification of certain sodium chloride solutions ....................... NC1163E1a
7. Possible amendment of Note 3 (a) to Chapter 62 (Proposal by
the EC) ........................................................................................
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X. ADDITIONAL LIST
XI. OTHER BUSINESS
1. List of questions which might be examined at a future session .... NC1164E1a
XII. ELECTIONS
XIII. DATES OF NEXT SESSIONS
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